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Strategic Partnership Project( Key action no 2)“ ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP AND ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS THROUGH FORMAL AND NON-FORMAL EDUCATION”( ACEAFNE)
CURRICULUM INTEGRATED ACTIVITY LESSON PLAN
SCHOOL
Lanchester EP Primary School( England)
DATE
Spring Term 1 2016
TEACHER
Sarah Jackson
CLASS
Year 3
SUBJECT
Science( Life on Land: 15 ~ Rainforests)
CURRICULAR COVERAGE
Science / Geography
TOPIC OF THE LESSON
Identifying layers of the rainforest
TIME
1 hour( formal lesson)
OBJECTIVES
� Children to label an image of the rainforest with its different layers( canopy, emergent, floor etc).
TEACHING STRATEGIES � Presentation � Partner talk � Independent work � Video
TEACHING METHOD
� Whole class � Independent task
ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION � Run through PPT to show the layers of a rainforest. � What might be found in each layer? Plants? Animals? Discuss in pairs then feedback. � Show video clip at https:// www. youtube. com / watch? v =-Ax6zlSzyNM to exemplify the layers in more detail. � Task: Chn to work independently to label a rainforest image with its layers then to cut and stick images of different animals that can be found at each layer. ACTIVITY ASSESSMENT
� Very good activity which deepened the chn ‟ s understanding of the structure of a rainforest. STUDENTS ‟ IMPACT *
� Chn gained lots of key vocab linked to the topic.
CONCLUSIONS AS TO THE STUDENTS ‟ BEHAVIOUR, INTEREST, ACTIVITY: � Chn were engaged in the topic. � Chn completed task very carefully and enjoyed the activity.
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